{"id":10558,"date":"2011-04-14T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devweb.rjrinnovations.com\/why-startup-founders-can-make-solid-ceos-2\/"},"modified":"2019-07-11T10:21:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:21:27","slug":"why-startup-founders-can-make-solid-ceos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjrinnovations.com\/fr\/why-startup-founders-can-make-solid-ceos-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Startup Founders Can Make Solid CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">If you haven\u2019t seen it already, founder and CEO Joel Bomgar\u2019s article on<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">Why Startup Founders Can Make Solid CEOs<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">was featured in Fortune Magazine yesterday.\u00a0 Joel makes some very intelligent and logical arguments on why company originators, like himself, should be left in the driver\u2019s seat, rather than set aside by investors in favor of the \u201cprofessional\u201d CEO.\u00a0 He argues that there is no one better to lead the company than the visionary who saw the potential in the first place, and their replacement can often be disastrous.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">Joel points to founders who, whether ousted or voluntary defectors, have been requested to return to their startups in order to stop impending financial doom.\u00a0 Among these he lists Larry Page at Google, Michael Dell at Dell, Howard Schultz at Starbucks, Steve Jobs at Apple and more.\u00a0 It seems clear there are times when a raw visionary can have a better sense of what\u2019s best for the company, both financially and progressively, than a trained, professional CEO.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">Joel argues that if the startup founder lacks any skills in leadership, train him!\u00a0 The benefits of having a visionary on top rather than stuck underneath a hired outsider or kindly booted out, far outweighs the efforts involved in teaching someone the skills of being an effective leader.\u00a0 No one\u2019s questioning twenty-six year old Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s ability to steer Facebook, are they?\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: white;\">It would be interesting to see how many original founders remain in the companies represented in the Bomgar Community.\u00a0 Who captain\u2019s your company and how did she or he get there? 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